Given name & surname
Arvis
“a friend to everyone”
Arvis is a variant of Arvin. One English interpretation is “a friend to everyone.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Arvis is a variant of Arvin. One English interpretation is “a friend to everyone.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Arvis is a variant of Arvin. An origin associated with Arvin is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arvis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 829
- 640 boys · 189 girls
- Most popular year
- 1940
- 27 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1991. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 19 in 1935. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 477 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Arvis’s family of names
Arvis has a related form in Arvin. In Greek usage, Arvis as a surname is a transliteration of Αρβής.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Arvis
- Arvis VilkasteLatvian bobsledder (born 1989)
- Arvis PiziksLatvian cyclist (born 1969)
- Arvis LiepiņšLatvian cross-country skier (born 1990)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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